The Tilghman Packing Company on Tilghman Island, Maryland processed a lot of herring when it was in business! This Talbot Historical Society H. Robins Hollyday Collection 1940 photo gives us an idea of the abundance of herring in the Chesapeake Bay at that time. Are herring still fished in the Bay?
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